I’ve got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn’t mean you have the lifestyle people expect. Ian Hislop Read Quote
I’d always assumed that I would die at about the same age as my dad – he was 45. I am five years in credit now. I can’t get my head around the fact that I am older than he was – ever. Ian Hislop Read Quote
You can’t understand Twenties England until you appreciate it was under a cloud of mourning. Nearly everyone was grieving. Ian Hislop Read Quote
There’s an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. Ian Hislop Read Quote
This job certainly doesn’t win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it’s probably quite a worthwhile job. Ian Hislop Read Quote
All the libel lawyers will tell you there’s no libel any more, that everyone’s given up. Ian Hislop Read Quote
You have a huge amount of confidence when you’re younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: ‘No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn’t I do it?’ Ian Hislop Read Quote
It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. Ian Hislop Read Quote
